Chalky White's Gang

Chalky White's Gang was an African-American crime syndicate based in Atlantic City, New Jersey during the early 20th century. Its leader, Chalky White, engaged in bootlegging, prostitution, and other crimes, and the gang was allied with Enoch Thompson's organization. In 1921, the gang fought against the Ku Klux Klan in a sudden outbreak of racial violence taht began with the Klan's assault on one of White's warehouses, leaving four men dead and ten people injured. The gang would take part in the 1921 Atlantic City general strike, and it would murder the three Klansmen responsible for the attack after Jimmy Darmody handed the killers over to the gang. During the rest of the 1920s, the gang remained an affiliate of Thompson's organization, and it later fought against Valentin Narcisse's organization.